Police probing the deletion of messages on murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler’s voicemail are about to present their findings to Lord Justice Leveson, it was revealed yesterday.

But the judge insisted his ongoing inquiry into press standards – which resumed yesterday – will be unaffected.

David Cameron ordered a police inquiry after it was revealed Milly’s phone had been hacked by journalists at the now-defunct News of the World. The Guardian then wrongly reported journalists deleted messages to make space.

Police said last month it was “unlikely” they had been erased that way after the 13-year-old’s disappearance in 2002 from Walton-on-Thames, Surrey.

Lord Justice Leveson said yesterday he was “just about to receive” a report from Scotland Yard and Surrey Police. But he added: “I can make it clear, however, that whatever the outcome of this new evidence, I have no intention of suggesting ... that this inquiry is no longer justified.”

Sun editor Dominic Mohan told the inquiry yesterday: “I have always been determined to foster a culture of honesty, integrity and high ethical standards at The Sun.”